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Card and, Sample Holder.

No'.- 2s6,1s1.- Patented Jan. 18, I881.

N-PElER5 FNOTO'UTHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. H10

7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS L. CUTTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CARD AND SAMPLE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,787, dated January 18, 1881.

Application filed September 22, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS L. CUTTER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Card and Sample Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of tag or card holders which are composed of apiece of a wire having one end formed into a coil for holding the card and the other end formed into a bent hook for suspending the holder.

My invention consists in a tag or card holder formed from wire, one end being formed into a bent hook, its other end formed into a straight pointed end, and the wire intermediate the said bent hook and straight arm being bent upon itself in successive layers or coils to form a spring'clamp, whereby the holder is adapted to pierce its support at both ends or to be hooked into a support at one end.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents a front View showing the holder applied to a horizontal support. Fig. 2' is a side view showing the holder applied to a vertical support. Fig. 3 illustrates a modification of my invention, hereinafter described in detail.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The card-holder is constructed from a single piece of wire, which is shaped to form the hook B B, as hereinafter explained.

The spring-clamp is constructed by folding the wire upon itself at or near its center, to form successive layers or coils, which constitute the spring-clamp A, for holding the card.

The book is formed by bending the wire adjacent to the clamp A and continuing it in an upward direction, and then bending the end into the sharpened bent hooked end B. The

wire is also formed into a straight pointed arm, B which is a continuation of the wire from spring-clamp A, and the holder, as thus constructed, is adapted to pierce its support both by the hooked end B and the straight arm B as illustrated in Fig. 2.

In applying the holder to use it is inserted in a suitable support in the desired manner, and the sample to be displayed is hung in the hook B B, as indicated in Fig. 1, while the card containing the price-mark or other matter is inserted in the clamp A, and in this man-' ner both the card and the sample are held in a conspicuous position.

Heretofore card or label holders have been made from a piece of Wire which was bent at one end into a hook and the other end folded into coils; but such has not been provided with means to pierce a support at both ends, which I accomplish by means of the straight pointed arm. Further, a ticket-clasp has been made from a plate of metal, one end of which is bent around to form a spring-tongue, said plate having at each end portion a prong; but such is notmy invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved card or label holder, consisting of a single piece of wire the body of which is folded upon itself into successive layers or coils, and having its ends shaped into a pointed hook, B B, and a straight pointed arm, B substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I Have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS L. CUTTER.

Witnesses:

' W. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

